Defenition of the word hostility

• Defenition of the word hostility

  • violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked
  • acts of overt warfare; "the outbreak of hostilities"
  • a state of deep-seated ill-will
  • the feeling of a hostile person; "he could no longer contain his hostility"
  • a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition; "he could not conceal his hostility"
  • a hostile (very unfriendly) disposition
  • the feeling of a hostile person

Synonyms for the word hostility

• • aggression
  • antagonism
  • belligerency
  • enmity
  • ill will
  • lack of sympathy
  • opposition
  • resentment
  • unfriendliness

Similar words in the hostility

• • hostility
  • hostility's

Hyponyms for the word hostility

• • aggression
  • aggressiveness
  • animosity
  • animus
  • antagonism
  • bad blood
  • belligerence
  • belligerency
  • bitterness
  • class feeling
  • cold war
  • force
  • gall
  • latent hostility
  • meat grinder
  • pillage
  • pillaging
  • plundering
  • rancor
  • rancour
  • resentment
  • state of war
  • suspicion
  • tension
  • violence
  • virulence
  • virulency
  • war

Hypernyms for the word hostility

• • action
  • armed combat
  • combat
  • hate
  • hatred
  • state
  • unfriendliness

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